w. if somebody can afford insurance and decides not to buy it and then they get sick, they ought to pay their own way opposed to expecting government to pay their way. that's an american principle. that's a personal responsibility. so i said this, if you can afford to buy insurance, then buy it. you don't have to. if you don't want to. but put enough money aside to pay your own way. what we're not going to do is say, as we -- >> tax penalties. >> which they look like. if people can afford to buy it, buy it or pay your own way. don't be free riders and pass on the cost of your health care to everybody else. >> the government is going to make you buy insurance -- >> fred thompson failed as a presidential candidate but he was 100% successful in pinning mitt romney down like he was a not quite dead butterfly on the issue that totally plummets his presidential campaign. this year. just like in 2008 when he was running against the likes of fred thompson. you heard mitt romney there saying that